Microbial Cellulose Production from Bacteria Isolated from Rotten Fruit

Table 1

Biochemical characterization for the isolates.

Characteristics test	Enterobacter sp.	Gluconacetobacter sp.	Pseudomonas sp.
	RV11	RV28	RV14
Gram reaction	Gram negative rods	Gram negative rods	Gram negative rods
Motility	Motile	Motile	Motile
Cellulose production	+	+	+
Cellulose yield g/L	1.9	3.1	1.2
Catalase	+	+	+
Oxidase	−	−	+
Citrate utilization	+	−	−
Indole test	+	−	−
Methyl red	+	−	−
Voges-Proskauer	−	−	−
Urease	+	−	−
H2S production	+	−	−